The Long Way Home

A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

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Synopsis

A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Louise Penny's The Long Way Home is an intriguing Chief Inspector Gamache Novel.

Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec, has found a peace he'd only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings he sits on a bench holding a small book, The Balm in Gilead, in his large hands. "There is a balm in Gilead," his neighbor Clara Morrow reads from the dust jacket, "to make the wounded whole."

While Gamache doesn't talk about his wounds and his balm, Clara tells him about hers. Peter, her artist husband, has failed to come home. Failed to show up as promised on the first anniversary of their separation. She wants Gamache's help to find him. Having finally found sanctuary, Gamache feels a near revulsion at the thought of leaving Three Pines. "There's power enough in Heaven," he finishes the quote as he contemplates the quiet village, "to cure a sin-sick soul." And then he gets up. And joins her.

Together with his former second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and Myrna Landers, they journey deeper and deeper into Québec. And deeper and deeper into the soul of Peter Morrow. A man so desperate to recapture his fame as an artist, he would sell that soul. And may have. The journey takes them further and further from Three Pines, to the very mouth of the great St. Lawrence river. To an area so desolate, so damned, the first mariners called it the land God gave to Cain. And there they discover the terrible damage done by a sin-sick soul.

The long way home

Another great story

by Cherylon October 01, 2014

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The long way home

Just when you thought the story of Three Pines had wrapped up its final chapter, Louise Penney pulls another winner out of her hat. The quaint village is once again mobilized to help sort out the mystery. One cannot help but want to grab a dozen crispy croissants and head down the trail with the investigators! Bravo... A story good to the last page.

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The Long Way Home

Louise Penny continues to write thoughtful, well written mysteries. I hate to have her books end. Penny's characters are so well developed that, not only do I know them, I keep wanting to move in next door.

by Ruth Harveyon February 09, 2015

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Another great read

Another great read in the Inspector Gamache series. This one focuses on the wonderful characters & inhabitants of Three Pines. Armand Gamache has retired to the lovely village and is drawn in to the search for Clara's husband Peter. Looking forward to the next book in this fabulous series!

by Anneon September 17, 2014

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Inspector Gamache

Louise Penny's books are a gift to all of her readers. I learn about myself as i learn about her characters and the mystery gets solved.